Work & careers
get on with it
start or continue a task
To get on with it is to start or continue a task without wasting time.
Hear it in real life
Do you want another coffee first?
No, let's get on with it.
We have only ten minutes, so we had better get on with it.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: We need to get on with it ourselves task.
Say: We need to get on with our task.
Use “get on with” directly before the task noun; do not insert “it” before another object.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
get on with it; got on with it
Your turn: say it out loud
We have only ten minutes, so we had better get on with it.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
get on with it
start or continue a task
“We have only ten minutes, so we had better get on with it.”
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